During some years US military aid to El Salvador reached $100, 000,000, second highest in the world

troops searching a village near San Salvador

soldiers with automatic weapons walked the streets

A US-supplied Huey gunship, operating out of the airfield at Ilopango, where US advisors and special forces units were stationed. The US governent still denies having deployed special forces to El Salvador, but I have the testimony of several troops who were there and can prove it.